Band of Brothers

[BigonaBianchi]

I'v ejust been watching this again...superb TV.

Also I'm into the Survivors thing as well...same as I was in th e70's!

 

[col]

Band of brothers is a great series isnt it,iv never watched survivors yet,but im hearing good things about it.

 

[jassy-x]

...I agree guy's....I've had the box set for a few years now and never tire of watching it...great characters/action/direction etc without the Holywood OTT treatment..the factually based story lines and the input from the 'real life' characters adds to the realism and always leaves me respecting and appreciating the sacrifices of that generation....
....have never seen 'Survivors'...but sadly I can just about remember the original series from the 70's ...and I think I quite enjoyed that at the time...

 

[beanzontoast]

I'm steering clear of Survivors. Watched the original series in the 70's and don't want to spoil my memories of it - watching on my first 'own' black and white tv, which went 'pop' just after the last episode, but which meant I didn't have to watch what the rest of the family were into.

BoB is good. The book is excellent. On the dvd version, there's a bunch of diary stuff by one of the actors showing how they trained for the roles. Interesting.

 

[Melvil]

Band of Brothers is far less jingoistic than Saving Private Ryan and the episodes in the forest in Bastogne were truly scary...wouldn't like to be there!

 

[jassy-x]

Band of Brothers is far less jingoistic than Saving Private Ryan and the episodes in the forest in Bastogne were truly scary...wouldn't like to be there!

+1 ....also that poignant episode when they liberated the first concentration camp....was real moving stuff and really gave the impression that even so close to the war end that the allies still had no idea of what really went on in Hitlers Europe....

 

[ChrisKH]

Band of Brothers is far less jingoistic than Saving Private Ryan and the episodes in the forest in Bastogne were truly scary...wouldn't like to be there!

One of my favourite all time series. Interestingly a lot of the actors were British pretending to be American. I have the box set as well.

 

[Danny]

...the episodes in the forest in Bastogne were truly scary...wouldn't like to be there!

And made you feel what it must have been like living outdoors in the snow with no tents, sleeping bags, or modern cold weather gear.

 

[col]

It does give a feel for the hardships faced doesnt it,that forest with the trees splintered by shells was an eye opener,i have the video boxed set,might eventually get the dvd boxed set to,to go with the sharpe boxed set,now there is another good series.

 

[goo_mason]

Loved it the first time I saw it, and got the DVD tin-box set that Christmas.

A few years ago, I was standing in the foyer of the cinema at FountainPark during the EIFF beside a bloke who was wearing a nice suit. After a few minutes, I glanced around to look for my girflriend at the time, only to realise I was standing beside Demian Lewis, who played Dick Winters in BoB.

I wanted to tell him how much I'd enjoyed the series, and shake his hand, but in true Scots style I just smiled at him and turned back the other way !

 

[Melvil]

Loved it the first time I saw it, and got the DVD tin-box set that Christmas.

A few years ago, I was standing in the foyer of the cinema at FountainPark during the EIFF beside a bloke who was wearing a nice suit. After a few minutes, I glanced around to look for my girflriend at the time, only to realise I was standing beside Demian Lewis, who played Dick Winters in BoB.

I wanted to tell him how much I'd enjoyed the series, and shake his hand, but in true Scots style I just smiled at him and turned back the other way !

That's such a scottish thing to do!

 

[goo_mason]

That's such a scottish thing to do!

I know. I did the same to Billy Connolly as we squeezed by each other (having both taken a short-cut through an enclosed bus-shelter on North Bridge to get by the slow-moving tourist hordes). I just grinned at him as he approached, and he just grinned at me.

 

[col]

Now billy connolly is another series i love,my fave was the tour of scotland,then ireland then australia in that order.

 

[papercorn2000]

Always wanted to see BoB, trip to Amazon may be on the cards...

 

[gary r]

just bought the band of brothers box set at the airport for £17 !! Bargain!